Educate Girls Foundation Recognition
Award: 2025 Ramon Magsaysay Award
—> Foundation to Educate Girls Globally (popularly known as Educate Girls) became the first Indian
organisation to win the Ramon Magsaysay Award, Asia’s most prestigious public service honour.
—> 2025 Awardees:
- Shaahina Ali (Maldives): Grassroots environmentalist fighting plastic pollution.
- Flaviano Antonio L. Villanueva (Philippines): Priest supporting families of extrajudicial killing victims.
—> Past Indian Recipients (Individuals): Vinoba Bhave, Arvind Kejriwal, Ravish Kumar, Bezwada Wilson, Sonam Wangchuk, among others.
—> Acharya Vinoba Bhave was the first Indian recipient of the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 1958.
—> Ramon Magsaysay Award was established by Trustees of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund (US) and the Philippine Government in 1957.
—> It is considered Asia’s Nobel Prize, recognising leadership, public service, and community impact.
Award: 2025 Ramon Magsaysay Award
—> Foundation to Educate Girls Globally (popularly known as Educate Girls) became the first Indian
organisation to win the Ramon Magsaysay Award, Asia’s most prestigious public service honour.
—> 2025 Awardees:
- Shaahina Ali (Maldives): Grassroots environmentalist fighting plastic pollution.
- Flaviano Antonio L. Villanueva (Philippines): Priest supporting families of extrajudicial killing victims.
—> Past Indian Recipients (Individuals): Vinoba Bhave, Arvind Kejriwal, Ravish Kumar, Bezwada Wilson, Sonam Wangchuk, among others.
—> Acharya Vinoba Bhave was the first Indian recipient of the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 1958.
—> Ramon Magsaysay Award was established by Trustees of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund (US) and the Philippine Government in 1957.
—> It is considered Asia’s Nobel Prize, recognising leadership, public service, and community impact.
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